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Deadline: September 11, 2026
Program Summary:
As part of the Province’s goal to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in BC, Disability Alliance BC was selected by the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) to distribute funding to community based “Accessibility Projects” beginning in 2018. Since then, over 95 projects have been funded.This year the grants have reopened with a total of $450,000 available to BC-based not-for-profit organizations to receive an up to a $40,000 grant.
These grants are for community engagement projects focusing on one of the following objectives to increase accessibility for people with disabilities:
- Accessible employment
- Accessible emergency planning and response;
- Accessible arts, culture and tourism;
- Accessible sports and recreation;
- Accessible education and learning;
- Accessible community participation.
Priority will be given to projects that illustrate progress toward longer term outcomes in addition to shorter term ones. However, particularly strong shorter-term outcomes will also be considered. If you are unsure whether the outcomes of your project fulfill these criteria, please reach out to ap@dabc.ca to discuss this with the Coordinator.
Grant Amount:
up to $40,000
Eligible Applicants:
Eligibility requirements include:
- Projects must be community engagement focused. Projects that focus on large capital costs, such as accessibility improvements to buildings and outdoor spaces, will not be considered. If you would like a list of other accessibility related funding streams, including some that will fund large capital costs, please reach out to ap@dabc.ca.
- Eligible organizations must be not-for-profit organizations based in BC, Canada, that operate primarily for community benefit and whose services are open to the public and not restricted to the organization’s membership.
- Organizations do not need to be a registered charity but must have a democratically elected volunteer Board chosen by its membership.
- National or international organizations may be eligible, but only if they have a base of operations in BC and sufficient capacity to deliver services in BC.
- Governmental bodies, including municipalities, First Nations bands, and public-sector organizations are not eligible as they are targeted by other funding streams. For more information please see the Call for Proposals.
- Once an organization has received a grant they can reapply 5 years after their application was submitted (for example, if an organization applied in 2020 for a grant and did their project in 2021, they can reapply in 2025 to do a project in 2026).
- Organizations that have a real or perceived conflict of interest with DABC must declare this on their application and this will be dealt with on a case by case basis. For more information, please see our Conflict of Interest protocol here.
For more information on eligibility, please see the Call for Proposals.